 I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case), — had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, —...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 3091859Full view - About this book
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - Biography - 1925 - 844 pages
...fairly proved — tor I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case — had I so interfered...class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right. Every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 526 pages
...though he might be speaking to America and to the world and to unborn generations. "Had I taken up arms in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent,...so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, or any of their class, every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather... | |
 | Stephen Vincent Benét - Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) - 1928 - 400 pages
.... . . Had I interfered in the matter which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved . . . had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, or the so-called great . . . and suffered and sacrificed, what I have in this interference, it would... | |
 | John Cournos - Literary Criticism - 1928 - 494 pages
...penalty. "Had I interfered in the manner which I admit . . . had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, whether father, mother, brother, sister, wife or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed... | |
 | Erik Barnouw - Social Science - 1968 - 426 pages
...received favorable treatment; however, where Brown told the court that condemned him to death, "Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great ... it would have been all right," the drama omitted "the rich." 6 Such adjustments were looked on... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...fairly proved — (for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case)— had I so interfered...intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any :. •••. ... i. .- -i. ; I! • < - . • " .1 . • u'.1 r. .-• •• •- •. ' .' J" -.... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...admitted: of a design on my part to free slaves. . . . Had I interfered in the manner which I admit ... in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great . . . every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...admitted: of a design on my part to free slaves. . . . Had I interfered in the manner which I admit ... in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great . . . every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.... | |
 | Cedric J. Robinson - History - 1997 - 198 pages
...describing how the Southern courts had countenanced the most heinous crimes on behalf of slavery ("had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great ... it would have been all right"), Brown stood his ground by saying: Now, if it is deemed necessary... | |
 | Carolyn L. Karcher - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 850 pages
..."a most effective anti-slavery document,"46 reprinted by newspapers all over the country. "Had I ... interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the...so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment,"... | |
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